Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:48:24 -0600 Bob Goodwin > <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> On 11/12/10 12:01, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:04:23 -0600 Bob Goodwin >>> <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 10/12/10 05:38, Tim Waugh wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 04:43 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Where do I look for more level adjustments? >>>>>> >>>>> I've found that ekiga has a "whiteness" adjustment control which has had >>>>> good results for me. It does seem that getting this right automatically >>>>> isn't working quite right. >>>>> >>>>> I'm using this: >>>>> ID 041e:4053 Creative Technology, Ltd Live! Cam Video IM >>>>> >>>>> Tim. >>>>> */ >>>>> >>>>> >>> The thread here inflamed my secret desire for having an ancient >>> low-cost camera work with linux again. This has only previously worked >>> with windoze and i gave up after several weeks of trying to do this. >>> Anyway, here is the output of lsusb: >>> >>> Bus 004 Device 003: ID 041e:401b Creative Technology, Ltd >>> >>> I installed ekiga, and am lost as to what to do with it. I type: >>> >>> ekiga >>> >>> and the terminal just stares back at me. >>> >>> I tried >>> >>> ekiga-helper >>> >>> and the terminal prompt came back after around 12-13 seconds. The only >>> command starting with ekiga that I did not try was ekiga-config-tool >>> and it was screaming not to left out of the fun, so I did the following: >>> >>> ekiga-config-tool >>> >>> Usage: ekiga-config-tool OPTION >>> Fixes problems with the Ekiga settings >>> >>> --clean remove all user settings >>> --install-schemas install schemas with default settings (run as root) >>> --clean-schemas remove schemas with default settings (run as root) >>> --fix-permissions fix permissions of GConf repository (run as root) >>> >>> I tried the last two, to no avail. >>> >>> Any suggestions? I looked around at the ekiga wiki/manual: nothing good >>> came out of that either. At least the parts that I looked at were for >>> people who were already running ekiga: not dumb enough to get stopped >>> at the first prompt.... >>> >>> I am not wedded to ekiga, only to something that might work with my >>> webcam (and there is no reason to believe that that might happen also). >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> Ranjan >>> >> guvcview [yum] looks like a good bet. It's working with this >> old, inexpensive Logitech camera which in the past functioned >> only with Windows! Ekiga probably would work but like you I >> gave up on it since I was getting off on a tangent configuring >> it when what I was really interested in was just the video >> settings for the webcam. >> >> Good luck. >> >> Bob >> > Ok, thanks, Bob! However no such luck: I get the following. > > guvcview > guvcview 1.4.2 > Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory > Cannot connect to server socket > jack server is not running or cannot be started > video device: /dev/video0 > opening '/sys/class/video4linux' failed: Error opening directory '/sys/class/video4linux': No such file or directory > Unable to detect devices on your system > ERROR opening V4L interface: No such file or directory > Init video returned -1 > Segmentation fault > > Is there some rpm that I am missing? > > Best wisehs, > Ranjan > > Video4linux is the rpm you are missing On F12 I use Video4Linux device preferences which can be installed via add/remove software or yum It has the desired brightness and contrast settings that you need Michael -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
